West Coast Revival and The Evolution of Gangsta Consciousness | N.W.A. and Kendrick Lamar at The 2015 BET Awards

“Rap music is funny… But if it’s not funny, if you don’t get the joke, then it’s scary.” Ice Cube

The Christian's Confusion | Idolatry and White Privilege: The White Evangelical Church in America

"Show me your faith without deeds, and I will show you my faith by my deeds. You believe that there is one God. Good! Even the demons believe that—and shudder." James 2:18-19

Facebook post made after announcement
Ferguson grand jury verdict

The responsibility to end racial oppression resides in white hearts, minds, actions, language, and institutions. 

The American institution with the most power to oppress that also has the most power to reshape white hearts, minds, actions, language, and institutions is the white Christian church. 

I am always encouraged by those white American evangelicals that, showing their faith by their deeds, call attention to the reality of white privilege and the continuing significance of and damage caused by racism.

New Album from Detroit Hip Hop Legends | Slum Village - Yes

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A Genealogical Look at the New School of Chicago Hip Hop | Chance the Rapper, Vic Mensa, Kids These Days and Donnie Trumpet & The Social Experiment's New Album - Surf

The first question you will probably ask yourself is: "Isn't this a Chance the Rapper album" and, if not familiar with the Chicago hip hop movement, the second question will be: "Who the fuck is Donnie Trumpet?"